AUDIOKULTURA ISKRA1 Owner's Manual - Page 5
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Print Page...CONTINUED: CONFIGURATION, PART 2. HOW TO SET UP GAIN STAGE?
GainStage2 should be set up in that manner so the music being played is not
distorted or corrupted. By default, a 20dB or 25dB setting is recommended for
MM/MC High Output type cartridges.
For very loud cartridge (such as Ortofon Concorde Club, Scratch, Digital,
Q.Bert) that generates above 8mV/1kHz it should be 15dB
For MC Low Output type cartridges, the default setting is 25dB or 30dB.
A good way to set GainStage2 it to choose the loudest vinyl you have, select
the loudest song and play it starting from 15dB.
Is the sound ok? Increase to 20dB. Is the sound ok? Increase to 25dB...
And so on.
Step1: Turn off the amplifier and the turntable,
Step2: Connect the turntable ground to ISKRA1 ground, or directly to your
preamplifier, integrated amplifier or headphone amplifier,
Step3: Connect ISKRA1 RCA inputs to your turntable using quality cables
Remember: the best cable is a short cable!
Step4: Connect ISKRA1 RCA outputs to your preamplifier, integrated amplifier
or headphone amplifier –
Step5: Connect the supplied wallwart to the ISKRA1 with the attached cord.
At this stage, a few words about the power supply.
The standard power supply which you will find in the box with Iskra1 is
an switching power supply with a voltage of 12V and a current of 2A.
If you feel that it is weak/bad/not cool and not suitable for your audio-system,
you can use an external 12V battery or other external power supply
(it can be AKPS – a power supply dedicated to Iskra2 phono stage,
see details on our website)
Just remember about the polarity of the power plug.
Plus (+) is "in the middle" or "on the pin".
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CONNECTING
(finally! The above was boring)
REMEMBER, IT MUST BE A LINE LEVEL INPUT